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Solenopsis fugax is a small but delicate ant, one of the smallest European ant species. Its Dutch name comes from the fact that in the wild, it breeds from another colony.

SpecificationsSolenopsis
Scientific name: fugax
Dutch name: Thief ant
Distribution area: Southern Europe
Ant color: yellow, brownish
Difficulty level: 3/5
Queen size: 6-6.5 mm
Worker size: 1.5-3 mm
Soldier size: / 
Temperature: 22 to 28 degrees
Optimal temperature: 25-27 degrees
Nest humidity: 50 to 70%
Outside world humidity: 30 to 50%     
Winter dormancy: November-February at 15 degrees
Growth rate: 3/5
Develops into number of workers: +- 10,000 workers
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Organization: claustral
Colony formation: polygynous (can have multiple queens per nest)

Care:

Food: insects such as fruit flies, redrunners, crickets, mealworms, buffalo worms, dubia cockroaches. Sugars such as beetle jelly, byFormica sunburst and nectar, honeydew, etc.

Food requirement: normal

From how many workers to a nest: move workers to a small nest from about 100+ workers; since it is a small species, a test tube functions best as a nest.

Recommended nesting type: test tube

Care:

They are small ants, so be very careful when feeding liquid nutrients. They can easily drown if the droplet is too large; this can be remedied by Sunburst offering